eyeball
Pupil's home orb
An eyeball is the spherical organ of sight, housed in the eye socket.
The term often emphasizes the physical globe itself: His eyeballs darted back and forth.
To eyeball something is to look at it directly or estimate by sight rather than measurement: She eyeballed the distance at about ten feet.
To be up to your eyeballs in something is to be overwhelmed by it.
Eye's clear outer dome
- retinaLight-sensing tissue layer
- pupilLearner or eye opening
- irisEye's pigmented disc
- scleraEyeball's outer membrane
lens · vitreous · conjunctiva · macula · fovea · uvea · aqueous · orbit
Fierce stare or brightness
- ogleStare lustfully at
- gawkStare openly, stupidly
- fixateFocus obsessively on
- glowerStare with displeasure
leer · gaze · peer · unblinking · piercing · intimidate · bug-eyed · wide-eyed
Visual perception faculty
- acuitySharpness of mind or sight
- focusConcentrated attention point
- blurLack of sharpness
- clarityState of being understandable
peripheral · nearsightedness · farsightedness · colorblindness · 20/20 · sharpness
Clouded eye lens
- glaucomaPressure damages optic nerve
- conjunctivitisInflammation of eye lining
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- pinkeyeContagious membrane inflammation
stye · astigmatism · hyperopia · keratitis · scotoma · blepharitis · floaters · bloodshot
Study closely for flaws
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- surveySystematic data collection
- scanBrief visual sweep
- assessJudge worth or quality
check-out · size-up · once-over · appraise · evaluate · measure · estimate · gauge
cornea
Eye's clear outer dome
sclera · lens · vitreous · conjunctiva · macula · fovea · uvea · aqueous · orbit · ocular
glare
Fierce stare or brightness
glower · leer · gaze · peer · unblinking · piercing · intimidate · bug-eyed · wide-eyed
sight
Visual perception faculty
clarity · peripheral · nearsightedness · farsightedness · colorblindness · 20/20 · sharpness
cataract
Clouded eye lens
- glaucomaPressure damages optic nerve
- conjunctivitisInflammation of eye lining
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
pinkeye · stye · astigmatism · hyperopia · keratitis · scotoma · blepharitis · floaters · bloodshot · irritation
inspect
Study closely for flaws
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- surveySystematic data collection
- scanBrief visual sweep
assess · check-out · size-up · once-over · appraise · evaluate · measure · estimate · gauge · vet
orb
Luminous celestial body
round · bulging · protruding · sunken · socket
dilate
Widen or expand
iris · drops · reflex · optometrist · ophthalmologist · exam · atropine
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- body part wordsAdam's apple, anklebone, armpit, backbone, belly button
- Coined Wordschortle, galumph, nerd, robot, quark
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, haunted mansion, pumpkin, trick-or-treat
- round thingssphere, globe, circle, orb, spheres
- estimatesestimate, estimation, ballpark, ballpark estimate, rough estimate
eyeballignore
Refuse to notice
overlook · avoid · look away · disregard · turn a blind eye
eyeballrepel
Drive off or disgust
turn off · bore · drive away · abhor
- hairy eyeballHostile, skeptical glare